"When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer."
Jackie Cooper
as Byron Newbold
Bonita Granville
as Kate Pendleton
Gene Reynolds
as Johnny Davis
Gail Patrick
as Clare Pendleton
Ian Hunter
as Natural Davis
June Preisser
as Dolly Matson
Leo Gorcey
as Doc Reardon
William Tracy
as Beefy Monrose
Tommy Kelly
as Harwood Hollister
Edward Ashley
as Al Posna
El Brendel
as Olaf Larsen
Minor Watson
as Barton Newbold
Ferike Boros
as Madame Wachek
Charlotte Wynters
as Estelle
Donald Douglas
as Hackberry
George Lessey
as Judge
King Baggot
as Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Charles Bancroft
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Marie Blake
as Woman Helping to Look for Ring (uncredited)
Dick Botiller
as Syrian (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Edward Cooper
as Latimer, Pendleton's Butler (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
as Courtroom Guard (uncredited)
Cliff Danielson
as Nightclub Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Harry Depp
as Husband with Birdcage (uncredited)
John Dilson
as Druggist (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
as Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
Lillian Elliott
as Irish Woman Who Doesn't Know French (uncredited)
Linda Gage
as Woman Greeting 'Natural' (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Card Player Who Doesn't Know French (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Henry, Gambling Man (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Newspaper Buyer (uncredited)
George Lloyd
as Rankin, a Gangster (uncredited)
Jimmie Lucas
as Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
George Magrill
as Bartender (uncredited)
Chris Marie Meeker
as Lucille Baker, the Dead Woman (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
as Joe, Casino Lookout (uncredited)
Frank Orth
as Newspaper Foreman (uncredited)
Claire Owen
as Second Woman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Police Lieutenant Bill Maloney (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson
as Mrs. Newbold (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
as Extra in Casino (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Harry Strang
as Deputy Charlie (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Spath, a Gangster (uncredited)
Joe Yule
as Mike, Who Whistles the Tune (uncredited)
Sidney Wagner
Cinematography
Howard Campbell
Assistant Art Director
Frederick Stephani
Producer
Ben Lewis
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
David Snell
Music
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Adrian
Costume Design
George B. Seitz
Director
William R. Lipman
Screenplay
Marion Parsonnet
Fred Mayer
Assistant Camera
Andrew J. McIntyre